- Added some convenience descriptors to Query:

query.statement returns the full SELECT construct,
query.whereclause returns just the WHERE part of the
SELECT construct.

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 70ca76c30..2f30c883c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ CHANGES
     - query.order_by() and query.group_by() will accept multiple
       arguments using *args (like select() already does).
 
+    - Added some convenience descriptors to Query: 
+      query.statement returns the full SELECT construct,
+      query.whereclause returns just the WHERE part of the
+      SELECT construct.
+
     - Fixed/covered case when using a False/0 value as a
       polymorphic discriminator.
 
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/query.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/query.py
index 9751cc9ba..a2312e363 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/query.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/orm/query.py
@@ -161,6 +161,16 @@ class Query(object):
             return self._session
     session = property(session)
 
+    def statement(self):
+        """return the full SELECT statement represented by this Query."""
+        return self._compile_context().statement
+    statement = property(statement)
+
+    def whereclause(self):
+        """return the WHERE criterion for this Query."""
+        return self._criterion
+    whereclause = property(whereclause)
+
     def _with_current_path(self, path):
         q = self._clone()
         q._current_path = path